Chapter 288: Fang Xiaocao’s Moment of Foolishness
Tom and Hummingbird were both foreigners. They didn’t know what “zombies” were, as Taotie described them, so naturally, they weren’t afraid. But Fang Xiaocao wasn’t a foreigner! She knew what zombies were, so she couldn’t help but be afraid.
“Princess, what are zombies?” Tom asked curiously. “Are they tasty?”
Hearing Tom’s question, Fang Xiaocao’s expression froze. Tasty or not… Fang Xiaocao had never actually tried them. But this question shouldn’t be asked by Tom, a foreigner! Egyptian mummies were almost eaten clean by foreigners. Mummies and zombies were basically the same, except mummies were marinated with spices, while zombies were generally original flavor. Tom should know better than her.
Fang Xiaocao was conflicted, not knowing how to answer Tom’s question. She couldn’t tell Tom to buy a plane ticket and go back to his hometown to ask his second uncle or third great-uncle, could she?
“They’re not tasty, they’re all moldy,” Taotie said, waving his hand with a smile.
Hearing Taotie’s words, Fang Xiaocao’s eyes widened instantly. She silently took a few steps back, away from Taotie, the iron-headed fool. “My goodness!” Fang Xiaocao exclaimed inwardly. “Taotie is really hungry. He dares to eat anything!”
Tom scratched his head, not understanding. But he still respected Taotie’s special hobby.
“Taotie…” Fang Xiaocao pointed at the eighteen stone coffins and asked, “These things…won’t they really crawl out, will they?”
Taotie grinned, “Probably not. They’ve been dead for hundreds of years. They’re probably rotten into bone fragments by now. What are they going to crawl with?”
Hearing Taotie’s words, Fang Xiaocao understood that Taotie, the iron-headed fool, was deliberately scaring her. Understanding this, Fang Xiaocao glared at Taotie, silently opening her little notebook in her mind, recording Taotie’s bad behavior, so she could settle the score later.
Taotie didn’t know that his dear princess had recorded another one of his misdeeds. If he knew, he probably wouldn’t be able to laugh. He’d find a corner to sulk and cry.
“Should we continue on our way now?” Tom asked in a low voice. Although he often killed people, guarding eighteen stone coffins and hundreds of terracotta warriors wrapped in corpses still made him feel uneasy. He wanted to leave as soon as possible.
Fang Xiaocao also looked at Taotie, “I’m asking you!” Fang Xiaocao didn’t want to ask Taotie either. But who told him he knew the most about the tomb?
“Let’s go! There’s nothing valuable here. With the personal guard burial pit already appearing, the main tomb chamber isn’t far. If no one has robbed this general’s tomb, then the real treasures are all in the main tomb chamber,” Taotie said with a smile.
Hearing Taotie’s words, Fang Xiaocao’s eyes lit up. Treasures! With the scale of this general’s tomb, wouldn’t the burial items be priceless antiques? With the burial items, they wouldn’t have to care about whether they could get the treasure on the treasure map. Fang Xiaocao’s abacus was clicking loudly. The abacus beads were almost hitting the tomb owner’s face.
“Let’s go! Taotie, lead the way!” Fang Xiaocao immediately made the decision, letting Taotie lead the way.
Taotie shrugged and smiled. After scanning the personal guard burial pit, Taotie chose a path, jumped off the platform, and walked towards the passage left between the terracotta warriors.
Seeing Taotie’s actions, Tom followed suit. He jumped off the platform lightly. But when it was Fang Xiaocao’s turn, she was in trouble. This platform was three or four meters high. If it were in an open space, Fang Xiaocao wouldn’t care. She would dare to jump even if it were two meters higher. At most, she would roll a few more times to cushion the impact. But the problem was that under the platform were the terracotta warriors in armor, holding sharp spears, pointing obliquely towards the platform, seemingly issuing a silent but deafening threat to Fang Xiaocao: “You jump, I dare you to jump. If you jump down, the spears will poke you.”
Receiving the silent threat from the terracotta warriors, Fang Xiaocao trembled. Standing at the edge of the platform, she hesitated for a long time and didn’t dare to jump. She was afraid that if she jumped wrong, she would fall freely and impale herself on the spears.
Seeing Fang Xiaocao’s fear, Hummingbird smiled and patted Fang Xiaocao’s shoulder, “Princess, don’t be afraid. I’ll jump with you.”
Fang Xiaocao was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly. “Wuwu~ It’s so good to have a bodyguard and maid! So considerate~” Fang Xiaocao shouted happily in her heart, her little face filled with a joyful smile.
Hummingbird smiled slightly and leaned closer to Fang Xiaocao. She bent down slightly and actually gave Fang Xiaocao a princess carry. Fang Xiaocao instinctively wrapped her arms around Hummingbird’s fair neck. Feeling Hummingbird’s warm breath, Fang Xiaocao blushed unconsciously. “Oh my god~ How shy~” Fang Xiaocao muttered in her heart.
Hummingbird didn’t feel anything special. It was just carrying a little beauty. It wasn’t like she hadn’t carried handsome guys before.
Hummingbird carried Fang Xiaocao and jumped down. Even with the weight of two people on her, Hummingbird was still very light. She landed almost silently, without making a sound. It could be seen how good Hummingbird’s kung fu was.
Hummingbird put Fang Xiaocao down on the ground. “Thank you~” Fang Xiaocao thanked her, blushing. At the same time, she secretly questioned herself. Was she turning into a lesbian? Why did she dislike Taotie carrying her? Why did she take Tom carrying her for granted? But with Hummingbird, she felt shy. Her heart was pounding, and she was a little nervous.
“Princess, let’s go. If we don’t chase, they’ll be far away,” Hummingbird said with a smile in Fang Xiaocao’s ear. The warm breath from Hummingbird’s mouth sprayed on Fang Xiaocao’s ear, making Fang Xiaocao’s face blush again.
“Okay… let’s go…” Fang Xiaocao nodded in a panic. She lifted her leg and walked, but unexpectedly, she felt a pain in her head, as if she had bumped into something. Fang Xiaocao cried out in pain, covered her little head, and squatted down. She looked up at what she had bumped into. It was actually a terracotta warrior.
Seeing Fang Xiaocao’s cute and foolish behavior, Hummingbird smiled and walked over. She reached out and helped Fang Xiaocao up, “Princess, are you okay?”
Fang Xiaocao rubbed her forehead and shook her head, “I’m fine, just a little sore~” Fang Xiaocao looked at the terracotta warrior that had hurt her. Her little face wrinkled into a bun. She kicked the terracotta warrior’s leg hard and said angrily, “Humph, I’ll kick you to death for bumping into me!”
After kicking the terracotta warrior a few times, Fang Xiaocao and Hummingbird followed the path and chased after Taotie and Tom, not noticing that the thigh of the terracotta warrior she had kicked was cracking…
